Madonna Lily
One of the most celebrated of flowers, Lilies are an elegant and diverse group of plants spectacular in borders, woodland gardens, rock gardens and containers.
Madonna Lily, White Lily
Common Names in Italian:
Bastone Di San Giuseppe, Giglio Blanco, Giglio Di S. Antonio, Giglio Di San Luigi ...
One of the oldest garden flowers, the madonna lily has bright green hosta-like basal rosettes appearing in winter and shallow-rooted bulbs that give it a distinctive appearance.
Madonna Lily
(Lilium candidum LINN.)
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Lily, Madonna ...
The Madonna lily (L. candidum) still flourishes in cottage gardens. Perhaps this lily does well in isolation where it is unlikely to share the viruses of other lilies, and it may also benefit from a regime of benign neglect.
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Lilium candidum (Madonna Lily)
Lilium centifolium
Lilium cernuum
Lilium columbianum (Columbia Lily, Tiger Lily)
Lilium formosanum (Formosa lily)
Lilium henryi (Henry's Lily)
Lilium humboldtii (Humboldt Lily)
Lilium lancifolium (Tiger Lily) ...
The Latin name is derived from the Greek "είριον, lerion, generally assumed to refer to true, white lilies as exemplified by the Madonna lily.
White Lily health benefits (Lilium candidum - Liliaceae Fam.)
Popular names: Madonna lily, white lily, meadow lily.
The lily of the Bible (Cant. 2.1) has been variously identified with the scarlet anemone, Madonna lily, and other plants; the “lilies of the field" (Mat. 6.28) probably means any wildflowers, perhaps the iris.
As these are white turk's-caps, they are probably Lilium martagon (still associated with the Feminine Divine in that it is today called Madonna Lily), but red examples are also to be found in Minoan representations.
Regale lily, Michigan lily, Madonna lily (Lilium candidum, Lilium regale, Lilium michiganense)
Scarborough lily, berg lily (Vallota speciosa, Cyrtanthus purpureus)
Sword lily (Gladiolus species)
Water lily (Nymphaea species, Nymphaea cultivars) ...
 See also: Lilium, Violet, Hosta, Daffodil, Water lily
  
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